The Portland daily press., 1887-01-29
XLIXth CONGRESS- SECOND SESSION.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON. Jan. y.
Mr.. Edmunds, in presenting to the Senate
memorial from manufacturers and business
men in Vermont, for repeal or reduction Of
the internal revenue taxes, said that many
such petitions had been presented. In pre-
senting this and moving its reference to the
committee on finance, he wished to urge on
that committee the Importance Of the subject
OF reducing, II not altogether repeating, this
remnant OF the unpleasant news OF % years
| ago. He should be glad to see the country
restored to such business conditions as had
existed before that time and to have the re-
sources of the government obtained entirely
from importations and little incidental mat
ters.
The calendar was then taken up and the
Senate bill for the relief Of Rear Admiral
Porter was passed.
The Senate then proceeded to the consid-
Grafton of bill TO prohibit members of Con-
gress from acting as attorneys for railroad
companies holding charters or having re-
ceived grant OF land, or pecuniary aid from
the United States, and Mr. Berry addressed
the Senate in advocacy Of the bill.
Mr.. Frye interrupted the debate, in order,
as he said, to give piece Of information.
lie read an Associated Press telegram Just
received from EastpOrt, Me-, stating that the
winter school Of herring had struck into the
American shore, and that about twenty-five
English boats and vessels were there fishing
within the shore line and that meanwhile
the English cruiser Middleton was cruising
sieze any American fisherman that might
venture beyond the dead line. That was
all, he said.
Amendments to the bill were offered by
Platt and H0ar.
Hoar said his interest In the bill was en-
tirely impersonal. The principle which lay
at the bottom OF the proposed legislation was
question that effected legislative policy,
not only Of Congress but Of all state legisla-
lures. Members Of Congress OF OF state leg
islatures were not made of monks. The
theory was that that was the best legislative
body which contained representatives OF all
great interests Of the country. No -reas0na-
BILE man expected that man who came to
Congress would abandon all lucrative Occu-
pations and employments Of life. Unless
the national legislature was to be made up
of monks, of men condemned to withdraw
from all the occupations and employments
of life, ID was impossible tnat the theory on
which the bill rested could be carried into
practice. The bill was aimed at state OF
things not existing and not likely TO exist.
He was willing to go as far as to provide
that when land grant railroad company had
legislation before Congress, no Senator or
member, who bore a relation to that COM
pany Of counsel and client, should take part
in that legislation. And that was the pur-
pose Of the amendment which had been Of
fered.
At the close Of Hoar's speech, two messa-
ges from the President vetoing the bill
granting a pension to BENZ. 0bekiah and the
bill for the relief of III. X. Beldin were pre-
presented and read
The messages were laid on the table.
Hoar withdrew his motion to reconsider
the vote by which the dependant parents
pension bill was passed yesterday He ex-
plained he had objection 10 the clause about
dependent parents, but he did not wish by
Offering the amendment to imperil the final
passage of the bill. The Senate then at $50
o'clock adjourned till tomorrow.
HOUSE.
In the House the pending question Of the
Washington Cable Railway was resumed
The bill was passed.
The report on the bill making an appro-
priation Of 100000 for equipment OF the
militia forces Of the United States was
taken up, and 1t was agreed to.
The House then went into committee Of
the whole on the pleuro-pneumonia bill.